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There's a hackneyed phrase in travel content that's trotted out almost invariably
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when a city or landscape or food is even slightly unusual.
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Whenever there is a flicker of contrast or contradiction, this lazy cliché is sure to be just a few words away.
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Shiny and new and amongst faded and historical?
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There it is.
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Bigger and brighter than everything around it?
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Oh, look, there it is again.
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Local ingredient paired with outside influence?
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Praise yourself, here it comes.
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But here's the real kicker.
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The use of this phrase is almost never justified.
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no instances where I could reasonably use this expression.
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But here, Standing amongst Catholic churches and glittering casinos,
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Eating Chinese chicken flavored with African spices and hearing Cantonese and Portuguese in harmony,
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I feel justified telling you that Macau really does defy description.
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Normally we focus on airports in this sector simply because they are the most common point of entry for most destinations.
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And while Macau does have an airport, and a very good one at that, it's mainly focused on regional connections.
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So for us international visitors, the easiest way to get to Macau is actually to fly
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to Hong Kong simply due to the number of international flights there, and then take one of these incredible things.
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This incredible machine is a jet catamaran gas turbine engines which zip you along at 45 knots.
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The result is a fast, quiet, smooth ride that will get you from Hong Kong to Macau in about an hour.
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When I lived in Hong Kong, the hydrofoil was the only game in town.
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Since then, an extraordinary feat of engineering has been achieved.
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One can now drive from Hong Kong to Macau.
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The Hong Kong Zhuhai -Macau Bridge is a 55 -kilometer bridge and tunnel system.
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It is both the longest sea crossing and the longest open sea fixed link in the world.
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And while driving over with your own vehicle is nearly impossible due to permits and fees,
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45 minutes for only 10 US dollars.
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And for the bougie amongst you, there is a helicopter service every 30 minutes from Hong Kong,
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but it will set you back over 500 US dollars for the 15 minute one -way flight.
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So whether you arrive in Macau on a bus, airplane, hydrofoil or helicopter, you bougie thing, One of the first things you'll notice is how compact Macau is.
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Just 46 square kilometers.
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That's smaller than some airports we cover on this show.
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So getting around is relatively straightforward, as long as you bear one or two things in mind.
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The Macau LRT serves the Taipa and Kotae areas.
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Good for gambling, less useful for sightseeing, as it doesn't reach the historic center or the main ferry terminal.
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In fact, we didn't come across it once during our stay, so make of that what you will.
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Macau's buses do cover a lot of the city, but they can be a little bit confusing.
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directly to the place that they say on the front of the bus
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Signs are rarely in English and drivers mainly speak Cantonese.
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But that being said, they are a good way of getting around if you have a little bit of time.
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Be sure you know exactly where you're going and you have the exact change for your journey.
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Taxis are a cheap and convenient way to get around Macau and there are taxi ranks all over the city.
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You can, of course, attempt to hail one on the street, but Based on our experience,
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you might have to wait a while and you'll have to wait even longer during peak periods or during bad weather.
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Bear in mind that very few Macau taxis seem to have seat belts in the back seat.
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And also, as of December 2025, All ride sharing apps, Grab, Get, Uber, Lyft, all banned in Macau.
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So don't think you can depend on those.
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You know what I'm going to say, don't you?
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The best way to experience Macau is on your feet.
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And actually, it's more applicable here than in a lot of the places we visit because it really is a compact city.
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Once you get maybe by public transport to the region that you want to explore, Get out and explore.
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There's lots of tight alleyways and steep hills.
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Public transport can't get you to anyway.
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So the best way to experience this strange and wonderful city is on foot.
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And if you are going to experience this city, the towering Altira is a good bet.
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Close to the action with one hell of a view.
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Whenever I'm traveling, this is the bit I always dread.
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Trying to order food or participate in a conversation, all while holding up my phone like I'm filming evidence rather than ordering dinner.
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But now, there's a solution.
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These are the Leon Hey2 AR translation glasses specifically designed for travel and real -world conversation.
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But it's not just the translation that's clever, it's where it happens.
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subtitles appear right in your line of sight
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so you no longer have to look at your phone and you can stay present.
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from French to Cantonese and over 100 language pairs and the words appear almost instantly due to the 500 millisecond latency.
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This is particularly impressive with the free talk feature.
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Instant subtitles appear right in your glasses when others speak.
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And then everything I say is translated into French.
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And then everything I say is translated into French?
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In a place like this, that matters.
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Background noise, multiple overlapping voices, no problem.
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The 4 -mic array and noise reduction helps isolate speech, so you never miss what's being said.
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They're also pretty comfortable.
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lightweight design, that classic brow line design, you almost forget they're there, which I suppose is kind of the point.
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Battery life is solid too.
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Six to eight hours on the glasses and the charging case can recharge the glasses up to 12 times.
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Ideal for packed itineraries.
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And with its teleprompter features and AI Q &A feature, this feels less like tech and more like a travel superpower.
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For travelers, I think this might be the best use of AR I've ever seen.
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Like Macau itself, the food seen here is a confluence of cultures, primarily Portuguese and Chinese.
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So a great place to start is Henry's, a beloved culinary and cultural checkpoint for locals and travelers alike.
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Its owner, celebrated chef Raymond Vuong, is our host and expert on Macanese cuisine.
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Macau is unique.
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There's a big influence on Portuguese because of the port.
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We're the oldest transport port in Asia for Portugal even more than Hong Kong 400 years ago.
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So all the spices from India, Malaysia and stuff and just go through Macau to transport around the world.
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So we have a lot of influence from all the cooking.
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So spices were coming through Macau from India, Malaysia, and you were going, oh, that looks interesting.
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I might...
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You see a lot of different races in Macau.
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So the culture will create different cooking styles and then they will mix in between.
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So Macanese food is.. constantly changing based on...
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It's constantly changing based on the population.
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A signature dish of Raymond's is representative of Macau's entire culinary ethos.
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Tell me about the African chicken.
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My knowledge of how they become a famous nation of Calais, 400 years ago, the troop arranged from Portugal.
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It's not from Portugal.
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It's from South Africa, Mozambique.
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So the troop was here and they were cooking the chicken.
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And the locals see the cooking.
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Oh, they're cooking the chicken.
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They're black, of course.
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African, right?
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Oh, fei chow, fei chow.
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That's like African chicken.
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So, you know in London and other countries, they have peri peri chicken, right?
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Which is very similar.
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Like the ingredients and stuff.
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But we call it African chicken because we know the truth.
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It's from Mozambique, so it's feijau.
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So it's called African chicken.
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Wow, so there really is an influence from all, not just Portugal and not just China.
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All of whoever come to Macau back in the old days, I think they have influence somehow.
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I truly believe that to understand a culture, you must eat its food and you must do that in a place that does it well.
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I make you some baccalao brash.
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It's a stuff for baccalao.
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I make you a nice Portuguese soup.
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Green soup, hard of very much.
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I mean some spicy prawn.
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- And African chicken.
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- Amazing.
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A true blend of cultures and influences.
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Soups, beautifully prepared fish, and some of the biggest prawns I have ever seen.
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- He set the bar very high.
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- And then the star of the show, African chicken.
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- Perfect.
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It's absolutely delicious.
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So perfect, so famous, and so revered that they put the recipe right there on the placemat.
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Oh, I took a picture of it.
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Stuffed, educated, and inspired, Raymond sends us on our way with a few tips of where to find more of Macau's culinary gems.
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What I have in my hand might not necessarily be traditionally Macanese, but it is iconically Macanese.
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And it is beautiful in its simplicity.
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It can trace its ancestry back to the Portuguese Bifana pork sandwich.
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And it is simply a thinly sliced, freshly fried, bone -in pork chop, which has been marinated in a blend of Chinese five spice,
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garlic powder, salt, sugar, soy sauce, black and white pepper.
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And then it's placed on this bun, locally known as a piggy bun, which I rather like which is crispy, crunchy on the outside and beautifully soft in the middle.
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And the result, I mean, it's a fried pork sandwich.
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What more do you want?
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I don't think it needs any further exclamation.
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I'm just going to eat it.
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Oh my gosh.
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Thank you.
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- Oh.
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Fried pork.
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You're hungry for more, but don't worry, we've saved room for dessert.
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The classic Macau egg tart is not some ancient colonial relic.
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It's actually younger than most backpackers.
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It was created by a British expat, believe it or not, Andrew Stowe, who looked at the Portuguese custard tart and thought,
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"Yeah, but what if..." And what he created is neither Portuguese nor Chinese, really.
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The classic Hong Kong Dan Tat is an exercise in restraint.
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It's a smooth, sweet custard.
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The Portuguese version is denser, richer, blistered with caramel.
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What's still created is something else completely.
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pastry.
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You can call it fusion if you want, but really it's a British take on a Portuguese classic perfected in Macau,
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and they are absolutely delicious.
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And while it may look similar to those other variations on the classic egg tart, you won't actually notice the difference or appreciate the difference until you actually eat it.
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Beautiful.
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Macau uses the pataka as its currency, indicated as mop next to prices.
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But, and this is crucial, Hong Kong dollars are accepted everywhere.
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Shops, restaurants, taxis, all fine.
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So if you arrive with a fistful of Hong Kong dollars, don't bother exchanging them.
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The only caveat to that is if you pay in Hong Kong dollars, you might get your change in potakush.
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But because the dollar and the potakush are pegged one to one, really doesn't matter.
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Visa, MasterCard and American Express cards are widely accepted in major restaurants, hotels, stores and the ferry terminal.
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But some smaller merchants may require a minimum purchase amount.
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Smaller cafes and family -run eateries may prefer cash, so have a little bit on you.
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But is Macau an expensive place to visit?
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Well, on that note, Let's do the rundown.
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A cup of jet lag busting coffee will cost you around 25 Potakish.
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A kind of beautiful Macanese beer will cost you around 35 Potakish.
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And for the most reliable indicator of a nation's cost of good old Big Mac, you're going to pay 25 Macanese Potakish or around $3 .10 US.
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Despite living in Hong Kong for years, I'd never actually been to Macau before this trip.
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And to this day, I'm not sure why.
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It just always remained a blind spot, close enough to feel familiar but easy enough to put off.
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Perhaps I convinced myself I understood it by proximity alone, that there would always be time to go.
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But there wasn't, at least not then.
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And now, having been here, I understand that Macau isn't a place you can grasp at a distance.
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It is an impossibly and enchantingly incongruous place, filled with contradiction and contrast wherever one looks.
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they'll sound ridiculous.
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Casinos and Catholic churches side by side.
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Portuguese street signs pointing you to the nearest purveyor of African chicken perfected by a Chinese chef.
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But when you get here, you'll see how well it all comes together.
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It doesn't just work on a functional level.
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It produces some of the most delicious bizarre captivating creations that I have ever come across
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אוצר מילים והערות הגייה לשיעור הזה
שיעור הדיבור הזה ברמה B2 מבוסס על הסרטון “Is this the strangest city in Asia?”. המילים שחוזרות הכי הרבה: Macau, Kong, Hong, chicken, Portuguese. בסרטון הזה יש 186 משפטים ו-2153 מילים לתרגול Shadowing. הדיבור נמשך 14:38. הדובר שומר על קצב יציב של כ-147 מילים בדקה, קצב נוח לתרגול Shadowing. רק 77% מהמילים נמצאות בין 3,000 המילים הנפוצות ביותר באנגלית, כך שאוצר המילים מאתגר.
אוצר מילים מרכזי בסרטון הזה
15 המילים המתקדמות ביותר בסרטון, עם ההגייה והמשמעות שלהן:
| מילה | הגייה | משמעות |
|---|---|---|
| taxi שם עצם | /ˈtæksi/ | מוֹנִית |
| culinary שם תואר | /ˈkʌlɪˌnɛɹi/ | קולינרי |
| fry פועל | /fɹaɪ/ | טיגן \ טִגֵּן |
| spice שם עצם | /spaɪs/ | תַּבְלִין |
| contradiction שם עצם | /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/ | סתירה |
| custard שם עצם | /ˈkʌs.təd/ | רַפְרֶפֶת, חֲבִיצָה |
| subtitle שם עצם | /ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/ | כּוֹתֶרֶת מִשְׁנֶה |
| ingredient שם עצם | /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ | מרכיב, מצרך |
| translate פועל | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | תִּרְגֵּם |
| ferry שם עצם | /ˈfɛɹi/ | מעבורת \ מַעְבֹּרֶת |
| compact שם תואר | /kəmˈpækt/ | דחוס |
| helicopter שם עצם | /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ | מַסּוֹק |
| soup שם עצם | /sup/ | מָרָק |
| casino שם עצם | /kəˈsiːnəʊ/ | קָזִינוֹ |
| backpacker שם עצם | תרמילאי, תרמילאית |
משפטים שכדאי לחזור עליהם
משפטים קצרים ושלמים מהסרטון שאפשר להשתמש בהם בשיחה יומיומית:
- You know what I'm going to say, don't you?
- Public transport can't get you to anyway.
- What more do you want?
- I don't think it needs any further exclamation.
- I'm just going to eat it.
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | has been achieved · being said · is translated |
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | has been achieved · I've ever seen · have ever seen |
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | chop, which has · like which is |
הגייה ששווה לשים לב אליה
הדובר משתמש ב-33 קיצורים וצורות מקוצרות, כמו don't, I'm, they're. אמרו אותם בצורה הקצרה, כפי שאתם שומעים אותם.
- הצלילים של “sh” ו-“zh”: contradiction /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/, exclamation /ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃn̩/, freshly /ˈfɹɛʃli/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, fusion /ˈfjuː.ʒən/
- מילים ארוכות — שימו לב להטעמה: culinary /ˈkʌlɪˌnɛɹi/, contradiction /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, beautifully /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/
צלילים שדוברי עברית מתקשים בהם:
- /w/ — שפתיים מעוגלות, לא /v/: sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, alleyway /ˈæ.li.weɪ/, lightweight /ˈlaɪt.weɪt/, cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/, straightforward /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/
- /æ/ — פתוח יותר מה-“אֶ” העברית, לא כמו “a” ב-“cup”: taxi /ˈtæksi/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, compact /kəmˈpækt/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, alleyway /ˈæ.li.weɪ/
- /r/ — הלשון לא נוגעת בשום מקום, לא ה-“ר” הגרונית: culinary /ˈkʌlɪˌnɛɹi/, fry /fɹaɪ/, contradiction /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/, hydrofoil /ˈhaɪ.dɹoʊˌfɔɪl/, peri /ˈpɪə.ɹi/
איך לתרגל עם הסרטון הזה
- הקשיבו לכל הסרטון פעם אחת בלי לדבר, ורשמו את המילים שאתם לא מכירים.
- תרגלו Shadowing משפט אחר משפט במהירות רגילה, וחזרו על כל משפט עד שהקצב שלכם תואם את הדובר.
- הקליטו את עצמכם והשוו למקור, תוך תשומת לב למילים כמו taxi, culinary, fry.
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